New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1919, Page 12

HERS PROVING TO BE CUSTARD PIES FOR BATTERS_LEONARD AND RITCHIE TO BATTLE FOR PURSE RATHER THAN TITLE TONIGHT OARSMEN BEATEN BY NEW ZEALAND CREW ON THE SEINE—THREE NEW YORK BOXERS TO BEIN A. E. F. BOXING TOURNEY HELD IN PARIS E“N AR!]RIW H EW YORK BOXERS B ATTERS Pflimi] A]_L l— BASP_JBAiLJN A NUTSHELL WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS PO i Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1. A < S - No You cAN'T Take EM : [ D : it S 4 MIGHT Scrappers Ready for Big Purse wiea moxing touenes. | Pifchers Show Results of Short e , ot e i April 28.—The finals of the | A ¢ THAT TooK Representation in the Inter- Chicago 7, St. Louis 1. y night in all the weight ! Boston | v and No Title Mill championship boxing tournament of | T[flmmg Season i Sout | tnna T L S OFF T60 Soon AND e the American expeditionary force | PRimaelpnta’ 000 / , 4 HE Took coLD AND which has been in progre for the Pittsburgh ., A 2 DIED Jast eight weeks were decided here & . : Ak Leonard, the world's lightweight | . | ing feature of the first week Of the | New youp' " ¢hampion, will meet Willie Ritchie, major league season was the sturdy | Boston' . i1 'iliC 3 ’ 1 i T | : 2 by i sues. It 18 ob-i / nolder, in a hout scheduled for eight |classes will represent the American | ¢ UPPINg in both leagues | ’ : rounds in the First Regiment armory |army in the interallied tournament | | ) . U= & Y 3 D! £ " i mes Today. I'm BURNI ark tonight. No champion- |which is to get started soon. | have not enabled the pitchers to get | W v 7 X & | } New York at Boston. % (T'S HoT ouT- to weigh in at 142 pounds and |bantamweight championship by ; . ; coven | oie o 5 : years the pitchers often had seve ittsburgh at Cincinnati Rite! a v k king ¢ ieorge Schreibe & | 3 A e dele . Ritchie cannot come down to the |knocking out George Schreiber of iR T S / ¢ CARR TOOH THEIR'N However, in spite of the non-cham- | Leo Patterson of Joplin, Mo., was | the championship season, this year R ! X5 2N e pionship c acter of the event, it [awarded the decision over “Bushy” | they had only four. ’ 4 - HAVE ANY FU has attracted. remarkable attention |Graham of Brooklyn in the Lenth; Formerly the -pitchers had' all the AMERICAN LEAGUL. e and a recorc se Iv. The |round for the lightweight tite. i : ¥ 5 / and a record house is likelv. The nd for the lightwe e. e Ton| 5 . : STy R ver uite the advance sale their reccints will |returned a winner in the welterweight :xft"‘]g_::nm and shutoats were d Boston 8, Washington 0. 20 bevond the $50,000 ra-rk. It is |division over Johnny Summers of ' regular. jth | Chicago 6, Detroit 4. . g 2 , : i both sections of teed close to $20,000 an! that Ritchie | The bout went 13 rou | & rush this year. In I | on account of we. o e b assured of a flat sum of | Johnny Clark of New York scored a | the big league trail the batters so wet grounds. Leonard and Ritchie met in a four:|over William Walters of Philadelphia | ing. Of twenty-two games playel up | round bout in San Francisco some |V a technical knockout in the eighth | to Saturday night, only two pitchers | ¥ | UL i 3\ Jew Yor! e | whe s be: o Yankees. 10 to 0, | icago ... Ritchie had gained tnc decision. im- | lugene Tinney of New York earned | when he beat tho o s Fmediately there was a general urg- |the decision in the light heavyweight | in the New York open‘rx on the Polo ' Philadelphia s 2 : cee i er v | 5 5 2 won = tlrieen in- | Detroit .. Best torms coming from Newark the | keeAn the tenth round. Johnson, when he won = ! boxers decided to pitch the battle for | Heavyweight honors were awarded | ning game from Scoil Ieity of th:| Washington rounds with eight ounce gioves. Kaiser of Pittsburg by the referee’s | Washington. New York The betting favors Leonard by 4 |decision in the tenth round. | As a sample of how th: batsmen | nside ! 3 s e ckson of the | Philadelphia at New York a knockout being landed by Leonard. to last Saturday Joe Jac adelphia at New York. & White Sox had collected fen hits in | ' Breoklyn 4 2 ; . & Newark, N. J., A 28.—Benny New York, April 28—The outstand- | o, 0 une time American lightweight titlc- |C . The.winners .in_each of the | St. Louis - N | vious that the short training trips — AW be at stake, since the men “Babe” As of Detroit won the | into n In former g proper condition. Brooklyn at Phils : K | hiladelphia. i SKINNY AND BUCK 8 £ lightweight limit. Philadelphia in the' seventh round. weeks of work before the opening o OFF= | NEVER / promoters declare that judging from William Kleck of New Orleans was | better_of it i Results Yesterday. | 1 2 the referee's decision,| T a are getting off wi said that Leonard has guarvan - [ Brooklyn by the refere decision. iiheg batsmenfaro SECH nE Louis-Cleveland game postponed $10,000. victory in the iddleweight decision | far have flattened all kinds of pitch- time ago and tuc imprescion was that | round | have achieved shutouts, Carl Mays, ing for a longer bout and with the ‘class over Ted Jamicson of Milwau- | Grounds last Wednesday, and Walter | Cleveland *Y.eonard’s revenge in that city at eight |to Bob Mariin of New York over Fay | Athletics, in the openinz vontest .at St. Louis | I ) %0 1, with considerable wagering on [ are tearing the hide off the ball, up Games Today. | i Ritchie has found few backers, since | 7 ! Boston at Washington. B niiten it unieisally fha AMERICAN EIGHT cighteen times at bat for an aver-| . Chicago at Detroit. E age of 6. while Joe Gedvon of the | Cleveland at St. Louis. he will have his wo cut out for 0 ) B\ (o stay rather than {0 try for BEATEN ON SEINE | Biowns daid even petter ' the saus | e N { series. He got nine hits in fifteen | S the decision. 3 s - e = | times up, for an average cf .600. Bill —= =Xz Statements of the ' Fighters. : R riaen o the) Reds andirets T RESULTS SATURDAY. "'3_'/',‘,.} Benny Leonard—"I am ready T1our Boys Are Nosed Out by New | qufr of the L Jiase Sy ! g am confident. I am champion. These % 3 s, each lut safely dvc | : three things are going to be too much | zealand Crew in Final of Inter- | lies 42 pineithues ubiio s fan favos National League. for Willie Ritchie when we meet in N 3 |age of .556. Then Wally Schang| New York-Philadelphia, cold weath- the ring in Newark. I have trained Allicd Rowing Race. ihangsd out four hits in five times up ' ¢p z 2 S Asrtandl thorough- 5 : 5 tat the Polo Grouad: opening lact Brooklyn. ‘ gk o this Babtiand amgthorous Paris, April 28.—The American | Wednesday and Cy Williams of the | 1n:Boston, (eold weathcr: Iy satisfied with my condition. I am Vedn v : Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 3. Solng o ry to win by a kmockout |Crew was defeated by the erew from | Phillies made seven hits in nine times | cineinmay & S S as quickly as I can.” New Zealand in the final heat of the | UP against the Giants. i American League. Boston-New York, cold weather. Philadelphia - Washington, cold weather. Cleveland 3, Detroit 1. Chicago 9, St. Louis 4. Willie Ritchie—*"I'm all set for the | regatta on the Seine Saturday for the | Zzn\]tflolmi.f “rfong With ‘Pl\‘(h{er;‘ hout. I can’t think of anything that |, Bl it ckson is, of course, one of the | B . egioeted which would tend |LioPRyiCTered byithe Htowlne CIUPOL hattingtstarsiof fthe sameyibut §when fo put me in shape for this fight. I |France. The winners of the first two | players like Gedeon, Rariden beat Leonard hefore and I will heat | heats competed in the final heat. Six | Kilduff amass such averages some- Rim again. 1 think I have the Indian |teams werc entered and four partici- | thing is wrong with the pitchers. on iy e in the final. | While Gedeon is a great spring start- PR In the first heat the French team |er, he never hit hetter than .225 TR College Games. finished first, Newfoundland second | four seasons in the league. His aver- REDS AND GUBS WIN nd Portugal third. In the second |age last vear was .213. Rariden Holy Cross-Williams, cold weather. 2 £ heat New Zealand finished first, | .224 last year and Kilduff .204. Pennsylvania-Yale, cold weather. ; STARK. SOX ROUT SENATORS Jones and Walters; Shaw, Hovlik America second and Alsace-Lorraine | Batting should be very strong this Trinity-Middlebury, snow. » Bro B . Thompson and Picinich. e Vforam’s Specdy Outfit Still Unbeaten [third. The distance rowed was about ' vear, especially in the National | Harvard-Vermont, cold weather. mx Boy, to Play With | cne mile and a half, from the Pont|league. The veteran league is get- | Harvard Freshmen-St. Mark's, cold Jersey City Team. | gor o ‘hes T! ¢ Griffith" —Hamilton Sustains First Reve Foyal to the Alma hridge. | ting woetully weak in pitchers. While | Wweather. Brooknl O e o I e s 21000 et e o The New Zcalanders nosed.out the | the Giants have a poor pitching staff, | Princeton-Syracuse, cold weather. |Stark, the Bronk boy who two semrne| Sclcctions and Whitewash Brush is | reaiod Detroit yesterday afternoen 5 Americans in a heart breaking sprint | most of the other clubs are in the | Navy 5, Swarthmore 0 (11 Innings.) |ago plaved second base for the yon. | APPlicd—Detroit Loses. |to 4. Chicago hit safely (thirteen Cincinnati, O. April 28—y time-|in the last 50 vards of the final. It | same boat. Look at the aggregra-| Bowdoin 2, Tufts 0 (10 innings.) koes, yesterday was signed by Mana.| Washington, April 28.—(American). | times, Dauss retiring at the end of B e = s second and third 1 |was gruelling race throughout. | tion of talent with which Coombs is| Brown §, New Hampshire State 3. |ger Patsy Donovan of the. Neemor \ —Jones outpitched a trio of Wash- | the seventh inning in favor of Kallio i { sign on him.’ Detroit, April 28 —(American) —Tyler Hurls Well. Cinncinnati defeated Pittsburgh |Inch eparated the boats most of | trying to win in Philadelphia—Ja- Boston College 6, University of | olub . e o ey = Btk i first defeat in seven |finished much stronger than the | gast, Watson, Woodward and some Dartmouth 5, Amherst 1. Jersey team. . i S |lticis 'lihFonss €l e 10, SiTha ' ihoal|| niiting b THG Mo e s e as he won all six of the games | American team, Private Roval Bird, | unknowns. BREPHES i e e I RIS G T s gealliilitu s frhs ecore. S i hie pitched last season before going |No. 2 in ths American crew, was on st. Louis has a terrible looking lot | = | Bethlehem Steel league with Holke | Roston T e St e nto the navy. The score: the verge of collapse at the end and | of pitche. Neither Doak nor Mead- | RECORDS OF PAS o | Tesreau and other big leaguers, ' | Washingto 0000000 5 3 l et r. h. e. |the others were very tired. | ows, veterans. have shown anything | S OF PAST WEEK. = hington 0000000—0 pittsburgh 000100000—1 5 0| The créws from France and New- | this spring. and Sherdell, May, Horst- | e — Cincinnati .01200001x—4 9 0 ffoundiand, who had captured the first man, Goodwin and others of the| The week's record in each league Hamilton, Evans and chmidt; 1\::#. \\vr("«‘lislm\::ed inh(lhr~ (mu{ll. " same calibre are losing daily for | of games played, won and lost, with = : ther and Rariden. despite the unfavorable weather, it | Rickey. | runs, hits, errors, men left on bases ] Sl = is estimated that 500.000 persons lined : incinnati has a good pitcher' in | and runs scored by opponents, includ- A SCARE CRow IS AN Reds and Cubs. the banks of the Seine to witness ‘he; Ray Fisher, discarded by the Yank- | ing games of Saturday, April 19, and /MiTAT‘oN -BUT Chicagh, April 28.—Geor Tyler |ees. The rest of the staff, Regan, | Saturday, April 26, is as follows: . R pitched in fine form and the Chicago —————— | Reuther, Luque and Eller, are not de- | RELV i$ THE REAL ationals defeated the St. Louis team |pcm1uble. Some of these lads, par- | National League. 3 THING 7 to 1 in their first game of the sea- LOGALS ARE READY ticularly Eller, have the makings of | s il son. Tyler didn’t allow a hit until the i splendid pitchers, and perhaps Moran | Cincinnati : R A . > z enth inning. Flack hit the first e | it Gt o THee i | Sy o G o 5 hed ball for a home run over the | New Britain Bowlers on Edge for | ities. il aningh izl o7 =5 right field fence. The score ¥ : | Cubs’ Staff Is Best. | Pittsburen i & GamciWwith SEhmn Sl yflQuintet To-| Only Chicago and Brooklyn have | Chicago ......3 : | formidable pitching swaffs, though | New York o2 18 3 4 Williams and S 13 SelTouis 000000010 “hicago : 11.“‘"”3“ Bezdek has several good pitchers in | Boston Goodwin, Tuero and Snyder: The crack New Haven bowling | Pittsburgh. On paper the Cub pitch- | St. Louis and Killéfer. ing staff of Alexander, Vaughn, Tyler, ! = S , i Douglas and Hendrix looks the besf oric: P SPENCER STARTS RIGHT. fame and ‘Joe Porto, 'the ex-statelpy: 5eter Sherrodl Smith joins the | ineslonn Tesguc, Newark, N. J., Ap S.—Arthur (¢hampion, will meet the New Britain , Brooklyns, Ebbets will have a staff Spencer of Toronto, national cham- |five on the Aetna alleys this evening. | in Brooklyn caual to that. Pfeffer, | apieos plon in 1917, won his first big race of [ The games will start at § o'clock. 4 | Grimes, Cadore, Cheney and Ma- | 1 8 thebieyele season at the Velodrome | large crowd is expected to witness the | Maux, right handers, and Smith and | prit®f <o here yesterday when he defeated Al-|battle and the victors will be enriched | Marquard, left handers, is quite a wacmngl‘m. fred Grenda, the tall Tasmanian, and |to the extent of $100 for which they | Pitching collection. Tevaland ) Frank Krgmer, present champlon, in|will contest. Lindsey and Porto are| The acquisition of Jean Dubuc, the | g "7 1o 1 three cornered match race. The|{wo of the greatest lane performers | former Detroiter, by the Giants may | yoo ‘york crowd at the track was the biggest of | in this section of the country. In the | help the New York team. Jean went | the season, the warm weather bring- | recent bowling congress at Toledo, O., | South with the Red Sox, and Boston ! _— ing out aver 14,000 fans. The three | Lindsey won fi place in the all- plavers say he is as good now as he | riders rode a match last Sunday and |around events. Prior to enlisting for | ev FAGTORY BASEBAL Spencer was a poor third, but vester- | the service, Porto was the duck pin expected to fill an Ote L .. day he showed a great reversal of [ champion of Connecticut. Crandall role with the Giants. He is 5 Adie PVitorm. Grenda won the first heat at a pltcher who can hit, can play the : ) i one mile, but Spencer came back and e | outfield in an emergency, a good Supervisor Pilz of St. Mary's Play- took the second at three miles and SO i e | pitcher to send in for a few innings, fithe deciding heat at two miles. Kra- DODGERS COME THROUGH. and is a capable pinch hitter. He mer was last in the first two heats, | e o | made a fayorable impression when he | Year's League Togethe but came within an ace of beating | Paltimore Team Forces National | )ieved George Smith in last Friday's | ans oes e Toncther. | i Spencer for first place in the final one. Teaguers o Work 13 Innings. game in Philadelphia. ‘} Arthur Pilz, supervisor of St. Mary's Baltimore, April 28.—Brooklyn rez- | | plavgrounds is making arrangements istered a 6 to 5 victory over Baltimore | | for the opening of the baseball season and is bringing the factory baseball | bt = _ | here vesterday in their exhibition en- | 1 'l Jat 1s Oniy 2 Bush Teazne Team How- | counter, but required four extra | WRESTLING TONIGHT teams which furnished such an ex- | | 1 3 7 night on Actna Alleys. Ve R team with Mort Lindsey of national - T 13 50 ] =) Sor | Boston ok e ke 1o te e N P ® > ground Will Bring Teams of Last ever, That is Bested. innings before the National leaguers | | cellent schedule last year together for | o - Ak " were declared the victors. The score: SRR e Tt séries this season. The games are Jersey City, N. J.. Ap; .—The | 7 |29 R 2 O ¥~New York Giants defeated “Wild Bill” r. h. e !Waino Ketoncn. Champion Middle- 'O Pe played Saturday afternoons at | ‘D van’s Colts at West Side park | DT0oklyn ...0012200090001—6 14 3, the playground and medals will be | anovans o= 4 o Baltimore ...0010011209990—5 12 1| weight of the World, to Make His siven the teams winning in the league. | yesterday afternoon in a one sided | Joutprday, attemoon (Y 2 one Mded |y rqnara) ana Krvow Newton,|| | The teams taking part in last year's P ihe larmest number that has | Farmbam and Kran and Lefser. | First Appearance in This City. ames, and which the supervisor is | witnessed a Sunday ball game in the | = { tempting to bring together this year Skeeter state in a number of ¥ ) {against the hardest opponent of his ;;:me M‘;,";::, a,‘,‘;nx‘: i\relv:m;:fllisr;‘ 1.;\;1::1(:“\:7\(“’1:';19 i oREts it ORDER carcer this evening at Turmer hall | Machine. Twelve gold medals are to | 6 & A Tl hite hen Waino Ketonen of Worcester, be given the teams coming out first, = e Mass., middleweight champion of the | twelve silver medals to the sccond | A e e L R 21¥ | world, will be his opponent Keto- | team in the league and the same num- (g B L e e | ) ‘nen in a reeent match in Boston | ber of bronzs medals to the third | Al Ventres of Berlin stacks up Moz |scored the second quickest fall on rec- | team. Two games will be played each | ord when he flopped John Kilonis in Baturday afternoon, the first game at | | 45 seconds. The late Frank: Gotch, 2 o'clock and the second at 4. | | | Was the holder of the record after he| Work has already been started in We have alleys Tor Indiesiary | | dowmed Stanistaus Zbyszko in Detroit, | the way of preparing the playground | s e ki i | | Mich.. in fess than 10 seconds. In the ! so that it will be the best place in the | rreliminary bouwi Jim MeceCarthy will| city for the holding of the games and AETNA BOWLING |meet Kid Pingham of Springfleld. | with the added attraction of shower | Mase. and in the ocurtain raiscr, | baths for the players and the promise ALLEYS, N | Young Hercuies will tackie Peter { of trophles for the winning teams, it | Zimmerman. The main boui 18 to a is expected that the series will soon be Church Street. finish._ Luniter way. Carty. Polan and Smith; Russell ler and Wilder